Track-liner.



No. 785,404. PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

H. B. CAMPBELL.

TRACK LINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18. 1904.

Witnesses Inventor. 1? W I j Httomegs Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OEEicE.

HENRY B. CAMPBELL, OF OAK, NEBRASKA.

TRACK-LINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,404, dated March 21,1905. Application filed August 16, 1904. Serial No. 220,925.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak, in the county of Nuckolls and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Track- Liner, of which the following is a specilicationj Myinvention relates to track-liners, and has for its object to provide an improveddevice of such nature adapted to conveniently and rapidly pull a track into proper alinement.

The device consists of a base-plate having an upward bend at its front end and a downwardly-extemling flange removabl y attached to the under side 'of the base-plate beneath said curved portion, the rear end of the baseplate being downwardly extended to form a rear flange parallel and similar to the front flange. On supports fastened to the upper surface of the bzise-platea lever is fulcrumed, the lever being adapted to swing on its fulcrum and having a handle portion on one end and carrying a link having a rail-hook attached thereto on its other end. In devices of this nature of the base-plate, lever, and hook type the lever and hook have been separable from the base-plate, the insertion of the plate between the ties of the track being first accomplished and the hook being then inserted by hand beneath the rail and attached to the inner flange thereof and the lever, to which the hook is fastened, being then attached by hand to the base-plate. The removal of the lever from the rail is likewise accomplished by hand, the members being removed in the reverse order from that described above. In my improved device, on the other hand, a single upward movement of the lever from its lowered position will detach the hook from'the railflange and withdraw the same from beneath the rail. The base-plate is then lifted up from its embedded position between the ties by an upward pull upon the lever. The base-plate is inserted into its proper position between the ties and embeddedin the track by the ap-, plication of downward pressure upon the lever, and a downward movement of said lever will likewise insert the hook beneath the rail and engage it with the inner rail-flange. 1t

will thus be readily apparent that the entire device maybe carried from place to place and be entirely operated by means of said lever, thus reducing the amount of work required to operate the same to a minimum, since heretofore in devices of this nature the positioning of the bed-plate and the insertion of the hook beneath the rail and in contact with the inner rail-flangewere each accomplished separately and by hand. The same is equally true of the removal of the device, as stated.

Further improvements will be apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description and from the appended drawings,

in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a track-liner constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the device in position for alining a section of track. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the track-liner.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the base-plate having its rear end bent downwardly to'form the rear flange 2, said flange and plate forming an acute angle. The front of board 1 is bent upwardly, forminga curved end 13, which prevents the device from set-s tling into the dirt or ballast at its front end. About six inches from said front end is a front flange 3, said flange being removably attached to the under surface of plate 1 and parallel to flange 2. Flange 3 therefore likewise forms an acute angle to plate 1.

As stated above, flange 3 is removable from plate 1, being attached thereto by bolts or other preferred means. When the bed-surface is dry and hard,.flange 3 may be removed, the device being held in position simply by rear flange 2, since the resistance offered by the hard bed-surface to said flange is sufficient to prevent any slipping of the device; .but when the bed-surface is soft and wet the front flange is necessary by reason of the lessened resistance of the soft bed-surface.

On the upper surface plate 1 is provided with two curved parallel supports 4 and 5, which extend from the front end of plate 1 upwardly and inclined slightly toward the rear end of the said plate, said supports being continued beyond the rear end ofsaidplate and fastened to flange 2. At their front ends said supports are curved to conform with end 13 of plate 1 and are fastened thereon.

-8 is then given a downward movement.

At their highest point said supports are braced by bars 7 7 as shown.

Lever 8 is fulcrumed upon a pin 9, which passes through supports 4 and 5 and braces 7 at their highest point,said supports and braces being perforated at this point to permit the passage of the fulcrum pin therethrough.

- The lever 8, being fulcrumed close to its far end, gives about ninety-five percent. leverpower. The fulcrum end of said lever is bent upward at an angle, as shown at 10, and at its extreme end carries a hook or other means to retain a link 11. Attached to link 11 is the rail-hook 12.

Hook 12 is retained in operative position and prevented from passing between supports 4 and 5 by means of a cross-plate 6, fastened to said supports and forming a stop against which rail-hook 12 strikes on an'upward movement of the handle portion 14 of lever 8.

In operation the device is carried by means of lever 8 to its proper position adjacent the rail to be lined and between the two ties. Downward pressure applied to said lever will embed the baseplate firmly in place in the road-bed with the curved end 13 thereof close to the rail. The end portion 14 of the lever As said lever moves downwardly hook 152 is inserted under the rail and fastened to the inner flange thereof and on the further move ment of the lever downwardly is locked in place. The completion of such movement results in a steady pull upon the rail, which is thereby drawn into its proper position. A correspondingly-upward movement of handle portion 14: of lever 8 will result in the detachment of book 12 from the rail-flange and its withdrawal from beneath the rail, and an upward pull upon said lever will then remove the base-plate from its embedded position.

Modifications within the scope of the invention are of course possible, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details shown and described. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a track-liner, a base-plate having its forward end curved upwardly, a lever fulcrumed on the base-plate, a rail-engaging hook pivoted to said lever, and means carried by the plate for preventing longitudinal movement of the same.

2. In a track-liner, a base-plate, a lever fulcrumed on said base-plate and having one end thereof bent to form a terminal eye, and a rail-engaging hook pivoted in said eye.

3. A track-rail liner comprising a base-plate having its forward end curved upwardly and its rear end bent downwarly to form a terminal flange, and a depending flange secured to the bottom side of said plate near said curved portion.

4. In a track-rail liner, a base-plate having its rear end extended downwardly to form a terminal flange and a second flange attached to the bottom of the base-plate and removable therefrom.

5. A track-rail liner comprising a base-plate having its rear end extended downwardly to form a terminal flange and its forward end curved upwardly. and a depending flange removably attached to the bottomof said baseplate adjacent the upwardly-curved portion thereof.

6. In a track-rail liner, a base-plate having a terminal depending flange formed integral therewith and an intermediate flange detachably secured to the bottom of said base-plate.

7 A track-rail liner comprising a plate, supports secured to said plate, and a lever fulcrumed in said supports, a rail-engaging hook attached to the fulcrum end of said lever and means carried by said supports for holding said hook in operative position.

8. A track-rail liner comprising a plate, supports secured to said plate, a lever fulcrumed in said supports, a link attached to the fulcrum end of said lever, a rail-engaging hook pivoted to the link, and a cross-plate secured to said supports and adapted to retain said hook in operative position.

9. A track-rail liner comprising a plate, a lever fulcrumed on said plate, and a rail-engaging hook pivoted to the fulcrum end of said lever, said lever being adapted upon a single downward movement thereof to insert said hook beneath the rail and hold the same in place thereon and upon a single upward movement thereof to detach said hook and withdraw the latter from engagement with said rail.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY B. CAMPBELL.

WVitnesses:

JAMES A. GRAHAM, GEORGE PITTMAN.

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